diff --git a/tests/check_docstring_first_test.py b/tests/check_docstring_first_test.py
index aa9898d..0973a58 100644
--- a/tests/check_docstring_first_test.py
+++ b/tests/check_docstring_first_test.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
@@ -10,37 +11,37 @@
 # Contents, expected, expected_output
 TESTS = (
     # trivial
-    ('', 0, ''),
+    (b'', 0, ''),
     # Acceptable
-    ('"foo"', 0, ''),
+    (b'"foo"', 0, ''),
     # Docstring after code
     (
-        'from __future__ import unicode_literals\n'
-        '"foo"\n',
+        b'from __future__ import unicode_literals\n'
+        b'"foo"\n',
         1,
         '{filename}:2 Module docstring appears after code '
         '(code seen on line 1).\n',
     ),
     # Test double docstring
     (
-        '"The real docstring"\n'
-        'from __future__ import absolute_import\n'
-        '"fake docstring"\n',
+        b'"The real docstring"\n'
+        b'from __future__ import absolute_import\n'
+        b'"fake docstring"\n',
         1,
         '{filename}:3 Multiple module docstrings '
         '(first docstring on line 1).\n',
     ),
     # Test multiple lines of code above
     (
-        'import os\n'
-        'import sys\n'
-        '"docstring"\n',
+        b'import os\n'
+        b'import sys\n'
+        b'"docstring"\n',
         1,
         '{filename}:3 Module docstring appears after code '
         '(code seen on line 1).\n',
     ),
     # String literals in expressions are ok.
-    ('x = "foo"\n', 0, ''),
+    (b'x = "foo"\n', 0, ''),
 )
 
 
@@ -58,6 +59,13 @@
 @all_tests
 def test_integration(tmpdir, capsys, contents, expected, expected_out):
     f = tmpdir.join('test.py')
-    f.write(contents)
+    f.write_binary(contents)
     assert main([f.strpath]) == expected
     assert capsys.readouterr()[0] == expected_out.format(filename=f.strpath)
+
+
+def test_arbitrary_encoding(tmpdir):
+    f = tmpdir.join('f.py')
+    contents = '# -*- coding: cp1252\nx = "£"'.encode('cp1252')
+    f.write_binary(contents)
+    assert main([f.strpath]) == 0